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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is more difficult afterward?

2. What kind of construction does the city have?

3. What does Richard try to convince Caseway to do on Ed's behalf before leaving for Quraqua?

4. What do Janet and Hutch do?

5. Where is the first sign of the beginning of the terraforming?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the basic point of the myth told in the friezes?

2. What does Richard ask of Hutch that exasperates her?

3. What is Maggie doing on board the Wincklemann?

4. What is the basic topography of Quraqua?

5. What issues make it harder than anticipated to recover the printing press from the Lower Temple.

6. What issue does Richard want Hutch's help with, and why did he want Hutch to transmit it?

7. When Richard asks Caseway to delay the schedule for terraforming Quraqua, what does Caseway admit that horrifies Richard?

8. What was particularly odd about the structures created in Oz?

9. What formality does Henry's team observe when they finally break through to the Temple of the Winds, and what do they find inside?

10. What information does David Emory convey via downlink hologram?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What equipment do Hutch and Frank request from Melanie and the Catherine Perch? Who approves the equipment loan and what will it be used for? What else is loaned other than equipment? What ship do Hutch and Frank have access to, and who grants them permission to do so? How long after the Catherine Perch arrives did this ship come? What is the second ship's original mandate?

Essay Topic 2

What is the final status of the Wincklemann? What are the chances of survival for its crew? Why is that the case? What critical systems are affected? How does Hutch overcome the issues they are facing? What one critical problem are they still facing? What does Maggie figure out, and what has to be done to ensure survival of the remainder? Who steps up to assume the consequences and why does it become unnecessary?

Essay Topic 3

Who is blamed for the disaster on Quraqua? What effect does this have on the person involved, and how does it affect the colleagues who were a part of that mission? What difference does it make to the others in the future? How does this person respond to the idea of a future mission? Who is the first to approach with plans and ideas for another mission and how is the entire idea received?

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